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May 10, 1991 · Reviews. Daddy Nostalgia. 105 minutes ‧ PG ‧ 1991. Roger Ebert. May 10, 1991. 4 min read. The operation has been a success from the surgeon’s point of view, but that leaves little consolation for the patient, who knows he is going to die soon. All he can hope for are a few weeks or months of respite from pain.
When his daughter Caroline (Jane Birkin) was young, Tony (Dirk Bogarde) offered little support as a father. Even so, years later, when he undergoes heart surgery, Caroline comes to visit him in...
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- Bertrand Tavernier
- PG
- Dirk Bogarde
Daddy Nostalgie, released as These Foolish Things in the UK and Daddy Nostalgia in the USA, is a 1990 French drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier. It was entered into the 1990 Cannes Film Festival [2] and is Dirk Bogarde's last film. Odette Laure was nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress. [3]
Daddy Nostalgia: Directed by Bertrand Tavernier. With Dirk Bogarde, Jane Birkin, Odette Laure, Emmanuelle Bataille. A retired English businessman has just been through heart surgery but it has, apparently, done little to relieve his constant pain or improve his long-term survival prospects.
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- Drama, Romance
- Bertrand Tavernier
- 1991-05
Apr 16, 2021 · It is tempting to view Daddy Nostalgie (Bertrand Tavernier, 1990), Dirk Bogarde’s last film, as an actor’s swan song or as a great director’s meditation on aging. When the film was released, it was marketed and discussed in those terms, and dismissed to some extent as a “last waltz”.
- Lee Hill
David Stratton’s Review for Variety. Bertrand Tavernier’s “Daddy Nostalgie” is a miniature jewel of a film, a delicate piece essentially for three players, and is acted and directed with exceptional subtlety. It should fare well in arthouses around the world.
Daddy Nostalgia is a deeply moving love story, in a French/English production, about an emotionally starved daughter and her dying father, played by the great Dirk Bogarde, a self-absorbed, remote ironist who never had time for her.
